NDLEA Arrests school Children, and Hotel manager over Drug Abuse and Trafficking.

               

The Kaduna State command of  the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday said that it has arrested 11 secondary school children and manager of a hotel in the state capital over alleged drug abuse and trafficking.

The State Commander of the agency, Mohammed Jibrin, disclosed this to Channels Television during an event marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

The theme for the celebration was, “A Message of Hope: Drug Use Disorders Are Preventable and Treatable.”

Jibrin said that the children; seven girls and four boys, were arrested in a hotel room taking psychotropic substance.

He revealed that eight of the arrested children were still in junior classes, adding that their parents had been invited to the command for questioning and counselling, while the hotel manager was still under investigation.

The commander disclosed that between January and May 2014, the agency arrested 210 drug suspects, including five women, with various illicit drugs weighing over 1074.02kg.

He said that 80 of them, including a 78 year old man from Zaria, have been convicted and were serving various prison terms.

Jibrin said that the command had also discovered and sealed an illegal laboratory in Zaria, manufacturing fake drugs.

According to him, the laboratory produces drugs from ordinary powder, expired chemicals and substances that are detrimental to human health.

He also disclosed that a total of 37 addicts have been counselled, rehabilitated and reintegrated back into the society at the agency’s rehabilitation facility in Zaria.

Jibrin stressed the need for communities, parents and other stakeholder to support the fight against drug abuse and trafficking to reduce the menace in the state.

Culled from Channels TV.